Development and Analysis of the Control Effect of a Reid Damper with Self-Centering Characteristics

Figure 19

Energy-time history curves of the structure under the action of the 0.51 g El Centro wave (EP denotes the structural potential energy, EK denotes the structural kinetic energy, ED denotes the structural plastic damage-associated energy dissipation, EV denotes the damping energy dissipation, EW denotes the earthquake input energy, and EDamper denotes the Reid damper energy dissipation): (a) uncontrolled structure; (b) controlled structure ().

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